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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Category: News
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We hear that today is something called “World Emoji Day“. It kind of seems like a soft promotional day for Vertebrate Silicon Valley. But if you must celebrate the holiday, do so with myrmecological style: Read our two contributed pieces on ant emojis, one by philosopher Gretchen Ellefson and another by entomologist Joanie King.
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An inspiring Hong Kong political party of the 90’s: the United Ants. Here’s a great bit on the party, aired in 1994: [UPDATE: Apparently the poster of this video requires that you view the video in YouTube! To do so, click the link after hitting play]
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The time is upon us. Ant-Man and The Wasp debuts early in theaters all around the United States today. This day. Thursday, July 5th, 2018. Prime yourself by watching both trailers for the film, and then do your civic duty. Get out to the box office and put your money where your mandibles are! Let us…
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. Enjoy! El Hormiguero (2010) Song by Calle 13, English translation here The ants have arrived here, We are conquering enemy territories, Invisible, silent, and simultaneous, The entire invasion is…
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Here at The Daily Ant, we’ve consistently found that the brilliant Samantha Bee lives up to her namesake. Bee’s wit frequently skewers the worst of the vertebrate right. Thus, we were truly shocked when Fraternal Correspondant Joshua Blanchard shared with us a tragic comment Bee made in a recent show, laying bare that even Bee is…
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After an unjustifiably long hiatus (5 weeks!), The Daily Ant is back. And time is on our mind. Ant wrinkles in time. As consumers of mammalian media surely know already, Ant Wrinkle in Time hit theaters yesterday. Based on the Madeleine L’Engle novel of the same name, Ant Wrinkle in Time tells the story of an ant that…
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Like the rest of the myrmeconet, we were thrilled to hear some great news earlier this week: Apply Now: #AntCourse 2018 in French Guiana: no tuition!. Apply by April 1 https://t.co/eMnsXZAYcb pic.twitter.com/ICf2Ekcva9 — Brian Fisher (@ant_explorer) January 24, 2018
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It’s hard to believe it, but it’s true. What started out one year ago from yesterday as a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with an inaugural post on loving your house ants has grown into a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with 196 published articles. Whether you’re joining us now for the first time, or have…
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A guest post by Joanie King. I am antsy over the new ant emoji (iOS 11.2). Yes, I am restless and agitated. This is no ant. I am all for cartoons: the previous ant emoji (iOS 11.1) was a cartoon, but it did not suffer from such a horrible morphological representation. It was simpler.
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The Daily Ant hosts an intermittent ant film series, Theatre Thursdays. This is the third installment. Enjoy! On Tuesday, denizens of the Music Box Theatre in Wrigleyville, Chicago were treated to something truly special: A showing of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and a post-film discussion with Dr. Shauna Price, a postdoctoral researcher in the Moreau AntLab at the Field…
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For our readers on Instagram, The Daily Ant now has its very own account: Antstagram. We uploaded a few pictures from the vault, but keep a look out for fresh ant content!
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In a recent episode of the (wonderfully named) Science for the People podcast, University of Illinois – Chicago PhD student Anika Hazra interviewed myrmecologists Stephen Pratt and Simon Garnier. You may remember Hazra, also a myrmecologist, from her great antforgraphic on ant colony optimization! Now check out her engaging and informative interview of Pratt and Garnier, on…
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